respondent's occupational sector (only economically active persons)

number of persons living in respondent's household

number of underaged persons living in respondent's household

respondent's monthly gross household income

how well the respondent gets along with his income

respondent's personal share of gross household income (only persons not living alone)

respondent's questionnaire number (every (partially) completed questionnaire gets a sequential number assigned starting from 1)

the channel through which the respondent answered the questionnaire

dummy value indicating whether or not the respondent's own statement about his/her sex matches the official cantonal register information

respondent's age at the end of the year of the ballot_date (derived from year_of_birth)

dummy value indicating whether or not respondent is working (additional routing question for students and pensioners; only online respondents)

Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Municipality size class ("Gemeinde-Grössenklasse")

rural municipality without urban character
agglomeration core municipality (secondary core)
agglomeration core municipality (main core)
agglomeration core municipality (core city)

Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Space with urban character ("Raum mit städtischem Charakter 2012")

Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Agglomeration size class 2012 ("Agglomerationsgrössenklasse 2012")

Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: (Statistical) cities 2012 ("(Statistische) Städte 2012")

Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Eurostat's degree of urbanisation 2011 (DEGURBA)

periurban municipality of medium density
urban municipality of a small or outside of an agglomeration
urban municipality of a medium-sized agglomeration
urban municipality of a large agglomeration